proper way to deal with *.deb file

[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 19:10 -0500, Jeffrey Holle wrote:
> In a search for rcs, all I found was rcs_5.7-15_i386.deb.
> I downloaded this and found that it contained 3 files.
>   1. data.tar.gz
>   2. control.tar.gz
>   3. debian-binary
> 
> I found what I needed in data.tar.gz, and employed tar to install it.
> 
> My question is the proper way to work with *.deb files?
> Since I made no use of the other files, suspect my approach isn't proper.


To install a *.deb file properly, just type this in a terminal : "sudo
dpkg -i rcs*.deb".

However, it appears that rcs is already in the Ubuntu repository (a
newer version at that, 5.7-16 instead of -15 for your deb), so just
install it with Synaptic, or at the command line: "sudo apt-get install
rcs".

--
Vince